GSW rallies from 3 down to defeat Georgia College, 4-3

Apr 01, 2011

AMERICUS- The 30th-ranked Georgia Southwestern baseball team scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth to cap a 4-3 come-from-behind victory over No. 7 Georgia College on Friday evening at Hurricane Stadium.

Southwestern scored a run in seventh, a run in the eighth and the two in the ninth to rally from a 3-0 deficit.

With the win, GSW moves within a game of first-place Georgia College in the Peach Belt Conference West Division standings. The Hurricanes improve to 19-13 overall and 7-6 in the PBC. Georgia College falls to 23-9 overall, 8-5 in PBC play.

GSW starting pitcher Trent Franzago (5-4) held GC to three hits over the first three innings, but that included a solo home run from Richard Pirkle and a triple by Patrick Daugherty which led to two Bobcat runs. Pirkle struck again in the sixth with his eighth home run of the season, another solo shot, to give GC a 3-0 lead.

In the ninth for GSW, Coffey tied the game with an RBI single to right field that brought in Benson, who had opened the inning with a single. With two outs and runners on second and third, a passed ball third strike allowed Stephen Gaylor to score the winning run.

Franzago pitched all nine innings for GSW, gave up seven hits, walked three and struck out a season-high 10 batters.

GC starter Mike Guinane went eight innings, allowed two runs on six hits, walked two and struck out three. Tanner Moore (1-2) allowed two unearned runs in the ninth to take the loss.